Pot of paste.



Patented October 6, 19 03.

euros.

ATEN-T CHARLES E. GORDON, or NEWTON, lrmssncnusnrrs, ASSIGNOR "r THECARTERS INK COMPANY, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, A CORPORA- TION orMASSACHUSETTS..

POT oFj P srE,

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 740,848, dated October6, 1903. Application filed December 22, 1900. Serial No. 40,776. (Nomodel.)

To (tZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES E. GORDON, a citizen of the United States,residing at Newton, in the county of Middlesex and State ofMassachusetts,have invented a new and useful Improvement in Pots ofPaste, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description,reference being hadfto the accompanying drawings, forminga part of thisspeciio fication, in explaining its nature.

The invention relates to a pot of paste comprising a receptacle forholding the paste, the paste in the receptacle, and a water-well in thepaste and receptacle, formed by making a hole in the paste and insertingin said hole alinin g of waterproof paper, celluloid, or thin glass orsimilar material, the lower edge of which rests against the bottom ofthe pot or a disk of thin flexible or compressible mate- 'rial, theobject of the invention being to provide the pot of paste with a simple,inexpensive, easily formed and applied chamber for containing water forsupplying moisture to the paste and also for moistenin g the brush usedin applying the paste.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a view of a paste-jar filled withpaste, the cover being removed and the hole'not being formed in thepaste. Fig. 2 is a View of the jar and paste after thehole has beenformed. Fig. 3 is a view representing the jar as closed by a cap, thehole in the paste as lined and partially filled with water. Fig.4: is aview'in perspective of a tubular lining for the hole.

Fig. 5 is a view of the jar, showing thelining as resting upon a thinbase of soft or flexible material.

I will now describe the invention in connection with the drawings, whereA repreo sents the paste pot or jar; B, the paste contained in thepetrol jar; O, the hole formed in the paste, extending from the top ofthe paste to the bottom ofthe pot or jar, centrally or otherwiselocated, formed after the paste has 5 been poured into the pot or jarand become solidified by the removal of a portion thereof, or by moldingthe paste about a former,

" and which provides the paste in the pot with a hole, forming achamber, the wall of which is paste. \Vhile a chamber thus formed andhavingsuch a wall will hold water without disintegrating t-he paste,still it is desirable in some instances that the wall of paste should beto some measure lined with a material less susceptible to the attack ofI the fluid than paste, and for thispurpbse I have formed a tubularlining, preferably open at both ends and of a very thin material, suchas waterproof paper, thin celluloid, thin glass, or other equivalentmaterial. The tube'is'of a diameter and height to snugly fit the holeand not extend appreciably above the upper surface of the paste. Itslower edge may abut against the bottom of the jar or pot, in which casethe portion of the jar or pot within the edge will also act as thebottom of the well, or it may rest upon a thin base of soft or flexiblematerial, like thin felt or rubber. This will serve to pack the jointbetween the lower edge of the lining and the bottom of the jar,rendering escape of water from the chamber beneath the lower end of thelining somewhere more difficult than where the end of the lining restson the bottom of the jar. A chamber formed in this way answers allpractical purposes, is cheap to make and apply, and its lining does nottake up appreciable room in the jar. The lining is held in place by thefriction of the paste upon its outer surface practically throughout itslength.

I am aware of Letters Patent to Oragin, No. 630,302, and disclaim theinvention therein described.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim and desire to secureby Letters Patent of the United Statesv 1. As an improved article ofmanufacture, a pot or jar of paste comprising a paste-holdingreceptacle, a bodyof paste substantially solid at atmospherictemperature, held in said receptacle, and a tube of thin materialcontained in said pot or jar, said tube forminga chamber thereinentirely surrounded by paste and held from movement toward the innerwalls of the pot or jar solely by the paste material in the form of atube open at both which-surrounds it, as set forth. ends contained insaid hole with its lower 2. The combination of a paste pot or jar edgeon said foot. containing paste having a hole extending CHARLES B.GORDON. 5 from its upper surface to the bottom of the In presence of potor jar, a foot of suitable material at the RICHARD B. CARTER,

base of the hole and a lining of Waterproof l P. W. CUTTING.

